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England v Australia, 1968, 5th test
The Oval, 22/08/1968 - 27/08/1968

Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott, AE Fagg
Result: England won by 226 runs

England
JH Edrich                                b Chappell             164
C Milburn                                b Connolly               8
ER Dexter                                b Gleeson               21
*MC Cowdrey           lbw                b Mallett               16
TW Graveney           c Redpath          b McKenzie              63
BL D'Oliveira         c Inverarity       b Mallett              158
+APE Knott            c Jarman           b Mallett               28
R Illingworth         lbw                b Connolly               8
JA Snow               run out                                     4
DL Underwood          not out                                     9
DJ Brown              c Sheahan          b Gleeson                2
Extras                b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 0                      13
Total                 all out                                   494

Fall Of Wickets
1-28 (Milburn)                2-84 (Dexter)                 
3-113 (Cowdrey)               4-238 (Graveney)              
5-359 (Edrich)                6-421 (Knott)                 
7-458 (Illingworth)           8-468 (Snow)                  
9-489 (D'Oliveira)            10-494 (Brown)                

Bowling
McKenzie            40      8    87     1
Connolly            57     12   127     2
Walters              6      2    17     0
Gleeson             41.2    8   109     2
Mallett             36     11    87     3
Chappell            21      5    54     1

Australia
*WM Lawry             c Knott            b Snow                 135
RJ Inverarity         c Milburn          b Snow                   1
IR Redpath            c Cowdrey          b Snow                  67
IM Chappell           c Knott            b Brown                 10
KD Walters            c Knott            b Brown                  5
AP Sheahan                               b Illingworth           14
+BN Jarman            st Knott           b Illingworth            0
GD McKenzie                              b Brown                 12
AA Mallett            not out                                    43
JW Gleeson            c Dexter           b Underwood             19
AN Connolly                              b Underwood              3
Extras                b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 4                       15
Total                 all out                                   324

Fall Of Wickets
1-7 (Inverarity)              2-136 (Redpath)               
3-151 (Chappell)              4-161 (Walters)               
5-185 (Sheahan)               6-188 (Jarman)                
7-237 (McKenzie)              8-269 (Lawry)                 
9-302 (Gleeson)               10-324 (Connolly)             

Bowling
Snow                35     12    67     3
Brown               22      5    63     3
Illingworth         48     15    87     2
Underwood           54.3   21    89     2
D'Oliveira           4      2     3     0

England
JH Edrich             c Lawry            b Mallett               17
C Milburn             c Lawry            b Connolly              18
ER Dexter                                b Connolly              28
*MC Cowdrey                              b Mallett               35
TW Graveney           run out                                    12
BL D'Oliveira         c Gleeson          b Connolly               9
+APE Knott            run out                                    34
R Illingworth                            b Gleeson               10
JA Snow               c Sheahan          b Gleeson               13
DL Underwood          not out                                     1
DJ Brown                                 b Connolly               1
Extras                b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0                        3
Total                 all out                                   181

Fall Of Wickets
1-23 (Milburn)                2-53 (Edrich)                 
3-67 (Dexter)                 4-90 (Graveney)               
5-114 (D'Oliveira)            6-126 (Cowdrey)               
7-149 (Illingworth)           8-179 (Snow)                  
9-179 (Knott)                 10-181 (Brown)                

Bowling
McKenzie             4      0    14     0
Connolly            22.4    2    65     4
Gleeson              7      2    22     2
Mallett             25      4    77     2

Australia
*WM Lawry             c Milburn          b Brown                  4
RJ Inverarity         lbw                b Underwood             56
IR Redpath            lbw                b Underwood              8
IM Chappell           lbw                b Underwood              2
KD Walters            c Knott            b Underwood              1
AP Sheahan            c Snow             b Illingworth           24
+BN Jarman                               b D'Oliveira            21
AA Mallett            c Brown            b Underwood              0
GD McKenzie           c Brown            b Underwood              0
JW Gleeson                               b Underwood              5
AN Connolly           not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0                        4
Total                 all out                                   125

Fall Of Wickets
1-4 (Lawry)                   2-13 (Redpath)                
3-19 (Chappell)               4-29 (Walters)                
5-65 (Sheahan)                6-110 (Jarman)                
7-110 (Mallett)               8-110 (McKenzie)              
9-120 (Gleeson)               10-125 (Inverarity)           

Bowling
Snow                11      5    22     0
Brown                8      3    19     1
Illingworth         28     18    29     1
Underwood           31.3   19    50     7
D'Oliveira           5      4     1     1